ORION-4

ORION-4 is the Wood Artistry refined, commercial version of ORION-3.5. Don
Naple's target market is the traditional audiophile who knows what real music
sounds like and who has not yet found the loudspeaker that delivers a fully
satisfying illusion of it in his or her home. These are connoisseurs who love
music and who recognize that the ORION is
unique in its appearance, exceptional in its performance, and of outstanding
quality and value.

The ORION-4 product consists of two loudspeakers, two
4-way loudspeaker cables, and an Analog Signal Processor. All parts are matching
designs and exhibit superb craftsmanship. Price $14,950

Add-on options are offered for custom 8-conductor speaker cables
with Speakon connectors and for sets of interconnect cables.

A complete ORION-4 sound system requires six or eight
channels of power amplification for left and right woofers, midrange and tweeter
drivers, plus interconnect cables to connect the ASP to the power amplifiers and
the preamplifier output.

ORION-4 Kit

Apple Ply sides

ORION-4 can also be assembled and finished by the customer
at a considerable saving in cost, at about half the price. Don Naples wrote in a 4/14/2012 e-mail to
a potential customer:

"Thank
you for your interest in the Orion-4 speakers. I sell the complete and tested
Orion ASP with both balanced and RCA inputs (all RCA outputs) and universal
power supply plus two LED indicators to indicate the roll off switch position
for $1295.

In
addition to this, we are releasing the Orion-4 kits and will start shipping next
week.

If
you are interested in them, the Apple Ply (Maple faced 13 layer plywood) kit is
$3500 and the solid Hard Maple kit is $4200. Note the woofer sections on both
use maple faced plywood as the layer strength is needed at the edges of the
woofer holes. The Orion-4 Maple file is the solid Maple finished with black trim
that may be added by the finisher. The Apple Ply file shows an unfinished
version of the Orion-4 cabinet. The kits include wire harness with Speakon
connectors, midrange mounting brackets, all assembly hardware, glue and some
tools to aid in assembly. Some parts have already been glued to provide high
quality seam surfaces that wrap around the corners. The drivers, ASP, and
speaker cables are purchased separately.

Please
contact me if you have any
questions about the above information."

ORION-4 finished product examples

ORION-4 Announcement

See front and back sides of the handout page
for product and stereo features andStereophile'sshow report.

ORION-4
Loudspeaker System . . .
The Window to Recorded Music and Sound in Your Home

The loudspeakers
disappear, the room is forgotten, and you listen through a wide
open window to the performance in front of you. Stereo at its
best, an illusion engine that satisfies your aural sensibilities,
as it reveals the artistry of the performers and the recording.

ORION-4 is custom
built by Wood Artistry. The speakerís open-baffle and dynamic
drivers follow the concept of the praised AA Beethoven and Vivaldi
loudspeakers of the late nineties. With newer components and
design refinements ORION-4 surpasses their performance.

Uniform sound
dispersion over a wide frequency range is an essential
characteristic of ORION-4. Thereby reflections from the roomís
surfaces have similar spectral content as the direct sound.
Placement of the loudspeakers out in the room adds delay to these
reflections, allowing the ear-brain hearing apparatus to
differentiate between the direct sounds from the loudspeakers and
the roomís response. In effect, room and loudspeakers disappear
and a phantom auditory scene appears in front of the listener.

Highest quality
SEAS tweeter, midrange and woofer drivers are used. They are
mounted to minimize mechanical vibration coupling between them.
The new long-throw woofers operate in force cancelling opposition.
This arrangement reduces mechanical vibration of the cabinet and
reduces transfer of vibration energy into the floor, which could
cause resonant re-radiation from floor and walls.